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March 25, 1930.

c. I. DENNER CROCHET NEEDLE Filed May 21. 1928 IN VENTOR 62/404077: 0NNER BY ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 25, 19378 CHARLOTTE I. DENNER, SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA CROCHET lpplicatlon filed Kay 21,

My invention relates .to improvements in crochet needles, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a crochet needle that is provided with the usual hook at one end, but instead of having its other end blunt as is usually the case, I provide a needle point at this end to permit the device to do work that is not possible with the standard crochet needle. The device is also provided with a zig zag portion between its ends for preventing the needle from turning over or slipping in use. The portions of the needle disposed on each side of the zig zag part, extend at an angle with respect to each other. A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which is simple in construction and which is durable and efiicient for the purpose intended.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention isillustrated-in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the needle;

Figure 2 is a view taken at right angles to that of Figure 1;

Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the needle illustrating how it can be forced through a strip of cloth;

Figure 4: illustrates another manner of forcing the needle through cloth; and

Figure 5 shows how the needle can be used in forming a rug out of cloth material.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a needle indicated generally at 1. This needle has a hook-shaped end 2 (see Figure 2) and a pointed end 3. Between the ends, the needle is provided with a zig zagged portion 4. I have preferably disposed this portion nearer the hook 2 than the point 3.

So far as I am aware, crochet needles have not been actually forced into cloth in the same manner as a sewing needle. Crochet needles have always worked upon string or cloth, the operator using the hooked end 2.

NEEDLE 1928. Serial in; 279,507.

for this purpose. With the present device, the cloth, such as, for example, the strip 5 shown in Figure 4:, may be impinged upon the needle 1 and then a string or piece of yarn 6 may be used for securing the strip 5 to a strip 7. The peculiar Wrapping of the edge of the strip 5 about the needle causes the strip to be provided with rufiles 8. The strip 5 may be of a different material than the strip 7, and the resulting work will 1 be more beautiful than is a single strip of material. In securing the strip 5 to the strip 7, the needle 1 is used in much the same manner as an ordinary crochet needle. The point to be remembered is that the needle is actually forced into the strip 5, and this strip is fed off from the needle as it is secured to the strip 7.

In Figures 3 and 5 I show another use of the needle. Heretofore it has been the practice to makerag rugs from pieces of cloth, this cloth lying in the same plane as the plane of the rug. With my device I have been able to crochet different strips of cloth to each other and to stand these strips on end. The result is that I provide a rag rug that is far more soft than the usual rug, and one in which the different pieces of material can be of different colors to work in various patterns into the completed rug. Figure 3 shows a strip of material 9 that is of the same widththroughout. This strip is folded back and forth and then the needle 1 is forced through the folded material. The strip of cloth 9 may be of'any color which will armonize with other strips already worked into a rug indicated at 10. The strip 9 is secured to other strips in the rug 10 by means of crocheting it to a string 11 already forming a part of the rug 10. The rug is formed of a plurality of layers, and each layer is secured to adjacent ones by means of the string 11.

possible with just In securing the various strips together, the needle is run through the warp stitch of the crochet to take up the loops of the warp. The needle is then drawn back to slip the fold of cloth off the hook. Take one crochet stitch of Warp and continue around the rug. In putting the cloth on the needle, it is done the same way as running a sewing needle through cloth when making a running stitch.

The completed rug is thicker than the usual rag rug because all of the strips are standing on end. The rug may be made any thickness desired and is soft and has far more give to it because the strips are standing upon end.

I find that the needle works far more easily if theends extend at an angle than when in alignment.

Although I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of various changes, and I reserve the right to employ such changes as may come withln the scope of the a pended claims.

I c aim:

1. A crochet needle comprising a shank having a hook at one end and a needle point at the other, a portion of the shank being zig zag in shape and of the same shape in cross section as the remainder of the needle for permitting cloth to be readily fed from the pointed end to the hooked end of the needle.

2. A crochet needle comprising a shank having a hook at one end and a needle point at the other, a portion of the shank bein zig zag in shape, the zig zag portion being disposed nearer the hook than the point and having the same shape in cross section as the remainder of the needle for permitting cloth to be readily fed from the pointed end to the hooked end of the needle.

3. A crochet needle comprisingashank having a hook at one end, a needle point at the other, and a zig zag portion between the ends; the portion of the shank disposed between the zig zag portion and the needle point extending at an angle with respect to the shank portion disposed between the zig zag portion and the hook.

Signed at Santa Rosa, in the county of Sonoma and State of California, this seventh day of MayA. D. 1928.

HARLOTTE I. DENNER. 

